Introduction:

Another weekly challenge launched (Splinterlands, 2022) this time with an Earth Splinter card from the Chaos Legion set, the Psychic Goblin.

With the release of the new Summoner Obsidian, most magic compositions now use Earth Splinter instead of Water Splinter (Greengineer, 2022-a). We've seen the price of cards like Venari Wavesmith drop a lot while a recently released legendary card, Queen Mycelia, is even more expensive than some legendary monsters in the Untamed set. (Peakmonsters, 2022). Among the Chaos Legion releases is the Psychic Goblin, which already comes with the Heal skill and 02 magic damage at level 1, making the Earth Splinter return to dispute, since the bronze league, with the hegemony of the Life Splinter and its healing compositions, as explained in Greengineer (2022-b). Even in this post I presented a battle with the presence of the Goblin Psychic in conditions that favored the use of Summoner Mylor Crownling.

Let's analyze the card and understand its strengths and weaknesses:

Tank Heal: Heals a third of the tank's health. There are only 2 monsters in the ghost deck with this ability.

Affliction: Prevents the targeted monster from receiving healing. It is interesting to see the presence of this skill in a monster that heals allies, it is the only monster to have these two skills. In addition, you can already obtain it at Silver League level.

Silence: Reduces all enemies' magic attack by 1. Very powerful skill that acquires from the Gold League level.

Dispell: Removes buffs from whoever is targeted. He is one of the few supports that have 04 skills and they all match his purpose in the game very well.

Having 02 magic attack ends up being a double-edged knife, as it can kill itself with the presence of the Magic Reflect ability, but at the same time it is a support with which it has good attack power.

In today's battle I will present a composition more similar to what we have seen in the Bronze League, which uses Summoner Obsidian.

The strategy before the battle:

The battle had the Spreading Fury rule and 40 MP available. From my opponent's history, he used compositions with a focus on melee attack and there was no battle in which his tank had the Void ability. I usually avoid the abusive use of magical compositions, so my history didn't denounce that I could come with this focus. In this way, using a magical composition could catch him off guard.

For this I counted on Summoner Obsidian and its buff that increases 01 of the magic damage of all allies. I used the Unicorn Mustang as a tank due to its Void ability, in case my opponent came with magic attack. Behind him I put the Mushroom Seer to reduce magic damage with its Silence ability, the duo Wood Nymph and Goblin Psychic with their healing abilities, Queen Mycelia with the Protect ability and in the backline the Mycelic Slipspawn with the Taunt ability.

The purpose of this composition was to split enemy attacks while I destroyed their tank, exposing the rest of the monsters to the overwhelming onslaught of my mages.

Once the team was assembled, I was hoping that my opponent didn't come with the Void and Silence skills and at that point it worked, but a Mycelic Slipspawn appeared in the way of my strategy.

The Battle

My opponent used Quix The Devious to slow down me, so that the Spreading Fury game rule would not create a monster untargetable by physical attacks on my team. As I didn't have any monsters with ranged physical attack, your other debuff had no effect on my team.

As a tank he used the Desert Dragon, with its high attack power and Piercing and Trample abilities. Behind him he placed Regal Peryton with its high movement speed and Flying skill, which in case I used ranged monsters with the Snipe skill would be untargetable after activating Enrage. To protect the tank he put Scavo Hireling and Goblin Psychic, aiming to eliminate my backline he chose Hunter Jarx with his Snipe ability and on the backline he copied my strategy by putting Mycelic Slipspawn.

This way my Mustang would be in trouble facing the Desert Dragon alone while my team would focus its attack on the enemy Taunt. Lucky for me, I would get rid of Taunt faster than my opponent, as my monsters had a lot more damage as discussed below.

At the end of the first round I got rid of the enemy Mycelic Slipspawn and landed the first attack on Desert Dragon, activating his Enrage. My Mycelic Slipspawn still had enough health for more two rounds.

At the end of the second round I eliminated Desert Dragon and enemy Regal Peryton. My team keeps all monsters up.

In the third round I lost my Mycelic Slipspawn, but my opponent lost all of his monsters, guaranteeing me the victory.

Analyzing this battle, the two monsters with the Tank Heal ability were essential to keep my Unicorn Mustang alive, as it even received a hit with 08 damage from Desert Dragon. I was lucky that the enemy Psychic Goblin didn't hit the Affliction on my Unicorn, as I didn't have the Cleanse ability on my team. I could have replaced my tank with the Mycelic Infantry, as my Mycelic Slipspawn deflected all enemy attacks except your tank's and the Shield skill would be much more useful against that 08 melee damage.

About Goblin Psychic, his contribution in the battle was both offensive and defensive, showing that a support is not always synonymous with losing an attack slot.

Hope you enjoyed this strategy to melt the enemy team. To follow the battle in detail just go to this link: Greengineer (2022-c).

PS: Sorry if there is any error in the above writing, as English is not my mother language.

References:

@splinterlands (2022, February 23). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! GOBLIN PSYCHIC. PEAKD. https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-goblinpsychic

@peakmonsters (2022, February 27). Market List. Peakmonsters. https://peakmonsters.com/market

@greengineer (2022-a, January 22). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! DEEPLURKER EN-US / PT-BR. PEAKD. https://peakd.com/spt/@greengineer/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-deeplurker-en-us-pt-br

@greengineer (2022-b, January 10). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! WOOD NYMPH EN-US/PT-BR. PEAKD. https://peakd.com/spt/@greengineer/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-wood-nymph-en-uspt-br

@greengineer (2022-c, February 25). Battle Link. Splinterlands - Collect, Trade, Battle!. https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_52f31cc2722c6c095166e438f1427f2a&ref=greengineer

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Introdução:

Mais um desafio semanal lançado (Splinterlands, 2022) desta vez com uma carta do Splinter de Terra do set Chaos Legion, o Goblin Psychic.

Com o lançamento da nova Summoner Obsidian a maioria das composições mágicas passaram a utilizar o Splinter de Terra no lugar do Splinter de Água (Greengineer, 2022-a). Vimos o preços de cartas como a Venari Wavesmith cair bastante enquanto uma carta lendária recém lançada, a Queen Mycelia, chega a ser mais cara que alguns monstros lendários do set Untamed (Peakmonsters, 2022). Entre os lançamentos do Chaos Legion está o Goblin Psychic, que já vêm com a habilidade Heal e 02 de dano mágico no level 1, fazendo o Splinter da Terra voltar a disputar, desde a liga bronze, com a hegemonia do Splinter da Vida e suas composições com cura, como explicado em Greengineer (2022-b). Inclusive neste post apresentei uma batalha com a presença do Goblin Psychic em condições que favoreciam a utilização do Summoner Mylor Crownling.

Vamos analisar a carta e entender seus pontos fortes e fracos:

Tank Heal: Cura um terço da vida do tanque. Só há 02 monstros do deck fantasma com essa habilidade.

Affliction: Impede que o monstro alvejado receba cura. É interessante ver a presença desta habilidade em um monstro que cura os aliados, ele é o único monstro a possuir estas duas habilidades. Além disto já consegue obtê-la em nível de Liga Prata.

Silence: Reduz 01 de ataque mágico de todos os inimigos. Habilidade muito poderosa que adquire a partir da Liga Ouro.

Dispell: Retira os buffs de quem for alvejado. Ele é um dos poucos suportes que possuem 04 habilidades e todas casam muito bem com o seu propósito na partida.

Possuir 02 de ataque mágico acaba sendo uma faca de dois cumes, pois ele pode se matar com a presença da habilidade Magic Reflect, mas ao mesmo tempo é um suporte com que possui um bom poder de ataque.

Na batalha de hoje apresentarei uma composição mais parecida com o que temos visto na Liga Bronze, que utiliza a Summoner Obsidian.

A estratégia antes da batalha:

A batalha possuía a regra Spreading Fury e 40 de MP disponíveis. Pelo histórico de meu oponente, ele utilizava composições com foco no ataque físico e não havia nenhuma batalha na qual seu tanque possuísse a habilidade Void. Geralmente evito o uso abusivo de composições mágicas, logo meu histórico não denunciava que eu poderia vir com este foco. Desta forma, utilizar uma composição mágica poderia pegá-lo desprevenido.

Para isto contei com a Summoner Obsidian e seu buff que aumenta 01 do dano mágico de todos os aliados. Utilizei o Unicorn Mustang como tanque devido a sua habilidade Void, caso meu oponente viesse com ataque mágico. Atrás dele coloquei o Mushroom Seer para reduzir o dano mágico com sua habilidade Silence, a dupla Wood Nymph e Goblin Psychic com suas habilidades de cura, a Queen Mycelia com a habilidade Protect e na backline o Mycelic Slipspawn com a habilidade Taunt.

O objetivo desta composição era dividir os ataques inimigos enquanto eu destruísse seu tanque, expondo o restante dos monstros para o ataque avassalador de meus magos.

Uma vez montado o time era torcer que o mesmo não viesse com as habilidades Void e Silence e nesse ponto deu certo, mas apareceu um Mycelic Slipspawn no caminho de minha estratégia.

A batalha

Meu oponente utilizou o Quix The Devious buscando reduzir minha velocidade de forma que a regra de jogo Spreading Fury não criasse um monstro inalvejável por ataques físicos em minha equipe. Como eu não tinha nenhum monstro com ataque físico à distância, o seu outro debuff não surtiu efeito em minha equipe.

Como tanque ele utilizou o Desert Dragon, com seu alto poder de ataque e habilidades Piercing e Trample. Atrás dele ele colocou o Regal Peryton com sua alta velocidade de movimento e habilidade Flying, que no caso de eu utilizar monstros à distância com a habilidade Snipe ficaria inalvejável após ativar o Enrage. Para proteger o tanque ele colocou o Scavo Hireling e o Goblin Psychic, visando eliminar minha backline ele escolheu o Hunter Jarx com sua habilidade Snipe e na backline ele copiou minha estratégia colocando o Mycelic Slipspawn.

Desta forma meu Mustang ficaria em apuros encarando o Desert Dragon sozinho enquanto minha equipe focaria seu ataque no Taunt inimigo. A minha sorte é que eu me livraria do Taunt mais rápido que meu oponente, pois meus monstros possuíam muito mais dano.

No final do primeiro round me livrei do Mycelic Slipspawn inimigo e acertei o primeiro ataque no Desert Dragon, ativando seu Enrage. Meu Mycelic Slipspawn seguia com vida suficiente para mais um round.

No final do segundo round eliminei o Desert Dragon e o Regal Peryton inimigo. Minha equipe continuava com todos os monstros de pé.

No terceiro round perdi meu Mycelic Slipspawn, mas meu oponente perdeu todos os seus monstros, me garantindo a vitória.

Analisando esta batalha, os dois monstros com a habilidade Tank Heal foram fundamentais para manter meu Unicorn Mustang vivo, pois o mesmo chegou a receber um hit com 08 de dano do Desert Dragon. Poderia ter substituído meu tanque pelo Mycelic Infantry, pois meu Mycelic Slipspawn desviou todos os ataques inimigos com exceção do seu tanque e a habilidade Shield seria muito mais útil contra aquele 08 de dano melee.

Sobre o Goblin Psychic, sua contribuição na batalha foi tanto ofensiva quanto defensiva, mostrando que nem sempre um suporte é sinônimo de perder um slot de ataque.

Espero que tenham gostado desta estratégia de derreter o time inimigo. Para acompanhar a batalha em detalhes é só ir neste link: Greengineer (2022-c).

Referências:

@splinterlands (2022, 23 de Fevereiro). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! GOBLIN PSYCHIC. PEAKD. https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-goblinpsychic

@peakmonsters (2022, 27 de Fevereiro). Preços de Venda. Peakmonsters. https://peakmonsters.com/market

@greengineer (2022-a, 22 de Janeiro). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! DEEPLURKER EN-US / PT-BR. PEAKD. https://peakd.com/spt/@greengineer/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-deeplurker-en-us-pt-br

@greengineer (2022-b, 10 de Janeiro). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! WOOD NYMPH EN-US/PT-BR. PEAKD. https://peakd.com/spt/@greengineer/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-wood-nymph-en-uspt-br

@greengineer (2022-c, 25 de Fevereiro). Link de Batalha. Splinterlands - Collect, Trade, Battle!. https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_52f31cc2722c6c095166e438f1427f2a&ref=greengineer